Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the (a) number, and (b) countries of origin, of refugees currently in South Sudan, and (2) the number of South Sudanese refugees in (a) Uganda, and (b) other countries; and what support they have provided to these refugees during the last 12 months.

The UN estimates that there are 335,000 refugees in South Sudan, the majority from Sudan. The UN also estimates that there are 2.34 million South Sudanese refugees hosted by neighbouring countries including 962,000 in Uganda, 798,000 in Sudan, 390,000 in Ethiopia, 136,000 in Kenya and 56,000 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In South Sudan the UK does not provide specific assistance to support refugees, but remains a leading humanitarian donor aiming to reach 2 million people this year with some form of humanitarian assistance. During the financial year 2020/21 UK assistance included: £36.8 million to support refugees and migrants from South Sudan and elsewhere who are in Ethiopia; £26.5 million via the refugee support programme in Uganda to help refugees from South Sudan and the DRC; and £3.5 million via the Kenya Integrated Refugee and Host Community programme (a five-year £69.1 million programme of support).